Get Off the Bottle

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Taking a Look at Bottled Water

Bottled water costs up to 2000 times more per volume than tap water. Around 64% of commercial bottled water is just tap water that’s been filtered or purified. 70% of plastic water bottles are not recycled -- and still people drink from them.

Getting off the bottle is more than a slogan, it's a necessity for the earth and for retaining water as a public resource. In buying bottled water, consumers are inadvertently legitimizing the capture of water that belongs to all of us by private, for-profit companies who reap unearned, enormous riches. Water belongs to the public and cannot be privately owned. Turning water into a product for private profit is inconsistent with the 1500-year-old public trust doctrine of law and risks putting all water up for grabs.

FLOW's Get Off the Bottle campaign is designed to help you understand what's at stake, entertain you, and inspire you to take action in your daily life.

Participate in FLOW's Get Off the Bottle campaign by spreading the word, buying a sticker or yard sign, or donating.

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News Updates:

WHO launches health review after microplastics found in 90% of bottled water

What's in your bottled water? A new analysis of some of the world’s most popular bottled water brands found that more than 90% contained tiny pieces of plastic. A previous study also found high levels of microplastics in tap water.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a review into the potential risks of plastic in drinking water.

In one bottle of Nestlé Pure Life, concentrations were as high as 10,000 plastic pieces per litre of water. Of the 259 bottles tested, only 17 were free of plastics, according to the report.